Other exertions or bodily reactions, unspecified · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Youth Services Systems, Inc., 82 FFA Drive, RIPLEY, WEST VIRGINIA 25271
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
A worker suffered chest pain and increased blood pressure due to physical exertion from training exercises, resulting in hospitalization.
HospitalizedBODY SYSTEMSBodily motion or position of injured, ill worker
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